For Kicks by Jenna Bayley-burke

Author:Jenna Bayley-burke [Bayley-burke, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781609285685
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Published: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“What is your longest relationship?”

Logan swallowed hard. The woman had a love affair with that word, relationship. He’d done his best to ignore it, but she refused to be ignored. As if she was trying to twist what they had into something stilted and forced, the kind of thing he always walked away from.

Except, when she challenged him, her eyes twinkled. She thought she had him. She was playing…him. He grinned. Playing was what he’d been trying to get her to do, after all.

“My longest relationship? My sister, I guess.”

“Very funny. Romantic relationship. Have you ever been married? Engaged?”

“No and no. It never really gets that far.”

“Because you’re commitment phobic.”

“Hey, I’m not the one who left without saying goodbye and then suggested we pretend like last night never happened.”

Her eyes widened and knew he’d pushed too far. So focused on the pursuit, on getting her to admit she needed to live a little, he hadn’t stopped to consider how that realization might affect her. Or the pressure it would put on him to live up to her expectations. Which he was failing to do right now.

On the outside she might be the model of a modern professional woman, but inside lurked the heart of a traditionalist. She wanted to know him, try having a relationship, albeit in secret.

Even though the term relationship made him itch, her willingness to try and frame them into something felt like his biggest accomplishment of all. Last night she’d trusted him, and that demanded he live up to that trust.

He opened the book, looking for a way to get to know her too. Because he needed to know why he felt so good. Why the sex was better, why his heart beat faster when he made her laugh, why he was so determined to challenge someone willing to let him walk away.

“What do you want to do when you retire? When you’ve gone as far as you want to in your career and can do what you please.”

“My grandmother hops from one cruise ship to the next. She worked hard her whole career and was given a nice payment to retire. Maybe I’ll travel like that.”

“They forced her into retirement and you’re still loyal to the company?”

“It was a six-figure pay out.”

He shook his head. “That’s your grandmother. What do you want to do?”

She shrugged and looked for a new question. “I’ll worry about it after I cash my check.”

“I want to get a house on the coast. Not too far from wherever my kids are so they can come visit.”

Kids, he wanted kids. That meant he wasn’t the commitment-phobe she thought. Did that mean she’d stumbled upon a great guy who saw something in her and wanted it enough to pursue her with the intensity of a Black Friday shopper? Could she handle that? Her fingers busied with the pages. Find another question, quick!

“Do you want kids, Breeze?”

Too late. She buried herself behind the tiny book before answering. “I don’t think I should.”

“Why?” Logan spoke calmly, as if he hadn’t just turned on the garbage disposal of her family history.

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